boot disk to kickstart RH6.2 from CD?

[DBAwhosaysNIE]

I downloaded the .iso for RH6.2 and burned it but can't figure out how to install from it. RH site says I need a boot disk w/kickstart file (understand principle as am familiar w/jumpstarting Solaris) but their instructions for doing so are from Linux! I understand them not wanting to promote M$ but this seems like saying to create a chicken you need an egg. is there a way (utility?) to create this from M$? if not how is one obtained other than buying it or finding someone w/RH already installed?

any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[rycamor]

Then you're not reading in the right place, because they provide a complete HOWTO on installing when all you have is Windows. Why would they want to keep Windows users from migrating to Linux?

Right on the CD there should be a file called rawrite.exe (or rawwrite.exe?), which is a DOS tool to copy the bootdisk images to the floppy. I think it's in a directory called '/dostools' or something like that.

I think maybe there is a misunderstanding with the term 'kickstart', though. AFAIK, kickstart was a method for cloning an existing install and configuration onto other machines, using the boot disk as a configuration setter for the CD. (Thus no reference to Windows )

What you want is, I believe, in a directory called /images, where you will find several different boot image files, with a README explaining which ones are used for what purpose. When you find the one you want, you can open a DOS prompt, and call the rawrite.exe program, telling it to write that specific image to the floppy, and voila! One boot floppy from Windows.

Possibly making this whole discussion moot, though, is the fact that if you can go into your system BIOS and tell it to boot from CD, then you can just boot and start your install, simple as that.

Happy Linuxing....

Now, go fetch me a shrubbery...

 

[DBAwhosaysNIE]

muchos!

needed this to run Oracle installer from home so I don't have to go to office at 04:00 on Sundays to apply patches (8i requires x for installer program).

later!